It seems to me that I have only emailed a few people with our new address since we finally settled down in Toronto. So in anticipation of a mass email I'm sending out in the next day or two, I decided to put up a video of our new place. I am also going to try and update my flickr pictures with stuff from Toronto -- so check out the pictures if you are interested.

This is a video of the new pad:

Today was the day that Neil and I went to see The Hour taped live at the CBC studios. It was an interesting event. Having never been to a live taping of anything, I didn't know what to expect. George was very at ease in the studio and very interactive with the crowd. He even stopped to chat with people in the lineups to get into the studio. Seeing how the show was taped was pretty cool. The special guest was Josh Groban and while we aren't fans of his music we thought he came across as a very classy guy. All in all -- we decided it was worth the price of admission (it was free!) -- and we'd do it again sometime.

Here are a few pics...

Here's the view from our seats

Here's the set
Here's a shot of George

So did anyone else shudder when they heard about the conjoined twins born in BC and what they were named... Krista and Tatiana. Freaking creepy.

Read about it here .

I suppose I should clarify... those are my actual given names... thus why I find it creepy...

So Neil never tells me anything important and he never leaves anything where anyone of sound mind could possibly find anything... so I found myself today without Internet access for 5 hours because our connection crashed -- and usually when that happens, the router needs to be reset, and to do that a password is required... a password I don't have... grrrrrr and he wasn't answering his cell phone... double grrr...

With no computer at my disposal, what did I do? I plunked myself down in front to the TV and channel surfed. Where did I end up? The Tyra Banks show. What is that you ask? Only the biggest piece of crap on TV. Today's episode?? They took 2 beautiful and extra skinny twin girls and uglied one up. Then sent them out on job interviews. Ugly girl had a good resume. Pretty girl had no skills. Pretty girl always got the job.

Then the two girls (both "pretty" again) and Tyra discussed how terrible this was, and how awful it must be to be ugly. It made me want to vomit. Hands down, the most shallow piece of tripe I have seen in a long time.

Man, whoever came up with the idea to put TV on DVD's was bloody brilliant. I first discovered it's brilliance when a friend mentioned how wonderful it was to watch the series "24" on DVD -- no commericals, no waiting for the next freaking episode to find out that Jack Bauer was alive but his stupid daughter was kidnapped and about to die... or was she? Damn it! And to wait until next week to find out how they would cliffhanger the next freaking episode. It was enough to drive me freaking bananas. It was the reason that by midway through the second season of "24" I had to say goodbye to Mr. Jack Bauer and Co. -- I couldn't handle the cliffhanger endings followed by a week's wait. Clearly, I get way too involved in my television viewing and have no life.

I have a couple of shows that I have/did religiously watch: Gilmore Girls (Go Christopher -- Luke is so wrong for you Loreli!) & Buffy the Vampire Slayer (only one of the best shows EVER)

Not a long list. This summer I watched seasons 1&2 of Grey's Anatomy -- that has been added to my list.

Then we got a Personal Video Recorder (PVR). It is the most wonderful invention since sliced bread. Easy to program, it stores anything you may want to watch with the click of a button. Missed that line ... oh let's just rewind live TV and hear it again. You never need to find a tape, worry about taping over something or figure out how to program the damn VCR.

Neil started taping The Daily Show with John Stewart and The Colbert Report. We now watch them over supper every day. Then I added The Mercer Report and House (I really enjoy his sarcastic, people hating personality) -- 2 more shows to watch weekly.

Then I did something extra stupid. I was at the video rental store lamenting over the fact that there are just no good movies made anymore. There was a time when I would have seen almost everything. Now, nothing that graces the shelves seems worthy of viewing. Hollywood has gone to the dogs. So, I ventured into the "TV" section and rented season 1 of "LOST". My parents love "LOST" -- if I ever happen to phone home while "LOST" is on, I am pretty much told to get "LOST" (lovingly, I'm sure) -- and I should note that this also seems to be the case for Survivor and Star Gate SG1 as well... Anyway -- I started watching it -- and now I'm hooked. And even though I am behind an entire season, Neil has started PVRing them for me.

So you see -- the PVR, while fantastic, has opened this vortex of television viewing. How will I ever be able to keep up?

What do you people watch religiously? Not like I have room to add anything -- but I am mighty curious... what am I missing out on in TV land -- my new favourite destination.